蘭嶼

Chinese

		orchid	islet
trad. (蘭嶼)		蘭	嶼
simp. (兰屿)		兰	屿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lányǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴ zeoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Làn-yí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lân-sū / Lân-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lányǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lányǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Lan²-yü³
  - Yale: Lán-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lanyeu
  - Palladius: Ланьюй (Lanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laan⁴ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: làahn jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Làn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: lanˇ i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lan² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /lan¹¹ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Làn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: lanˇ (r)i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lan² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /lan¹¹ (j)i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lân-sū
  - Tâi-lô: Lân-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lansu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lân-sī
  - Tâi-lô: Lân-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lansi
  - IPA (Yilan): /lan²⁴⁻³³ si³³/

Proper noun

蘭嶼

Orchid Island (an island)
- 中研院學者發現蘭嶼核廢料貯存場附近的海域放射性物質明顯增加。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  中研院学者发现兰屿核废料贮存场附近的海域放射性物质明显增加。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 20111201-公視晚間新聞-核廢輻射洩達悟要求台電道歉賠償
  Zhōngyányuàn xuézhě fāxiàn Lányǔ héfèiliào zhǔcúnchǎng fùjìn de hǎiyù fàngshèxìng wùzhì míngxiǎn zēngjiā. [Pinyin]
  Scholars at Academia Sinica have discovered that there is a clear increase in the amount of radioactive material in the oceanic waters near the nuclear waste storage facility on Orchid Island.
(～鄉) Lanyu (a township in Taitung County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

(island): (historical) 紅頭嶼／红头屿 (Hóngtóuyǔ); (Hakka) 紅頭島／红头岛

Descendants

→ English: Lanyu
→ English: Orchid Island (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘭	嶼
らん Jinmeiyō	しょ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 蘭嶼／兰屿 (Lányǔ). The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Proper noun

蘭(らん)嶼(しょ) • (Ransho)

Orchid Island

Synonyms

紅(こう)頭(とう)嶼(しょ) (kōtōsho, “Koto Island”) (historical)

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